Dictionary entry
chpegaa • n • cormorant (Phalacrocorax)
Lexicon record # 247 | Source reference(s):
R194 JE34 JE119
Semantic
domain: birds
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)
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Chpegaa.
Cormorant.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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Chpegaa.
Hawk. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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Nryert keech weno'omolee'm, kegor keech weno'omolee'm, chpegaa keech weno'omolee'm.
Ducks are flying by, kegor are flying by, cormorants are flying by. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-013) (LA138-013, 1980)
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[Pishkaahl 'o koh hes wee' k'ee chpegaa?] Chpegaa kwel peeshkaahl nee ka'ar.
[Is the cormorant a pishkaahl 'o koh?] Shag is the pet of the sea. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee chpegaa?] Paa'... peeshkaahl wee' 'o hoore'mos k'ee chpegaa.
[Is the cormorant a ch'u'ch'ish?] No, cormorant is a sea animal. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)